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Organization Authority File

Dataset Summary

Agency	National Archives and Records Administration
Sub-Agency
Category	Other
Date Released	16-Sep-2002
Date Updated	15-Dec-2009
Time Period	ca. 1509 - Present
Frequency	Annually
Description	The Organization Authority Files data set contains a highly detailed presentation of the evolution of names and administrative histories of Federal and non-Federal organizations. It is used by the National Archives and Records Administration as a source of access points for indexing archival descriptions and/or other authority records with consistent headings.

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Research
Keywords	Organization Authority File, Organization Names, Organizations, ARC, Archival Research Catalog, NARA, National Archives, administrative history
Unique ID	1358

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	http://media.nara.gov/ARCXMLDataset/ArchivalDescriptions_Orgs.tar.gz
Agency Program Page	http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/
Agency Data Series Page	http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	Organization Names
Granularity
Geographic Coverage	Global

Data Description

Collection Mode	paper, computer
Data Collection Instrument	http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/
Data Dictionary/Variable List	http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/lifecycle-data-requirements.doc

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://www.archives.gov/datasets/arc-organization-authority-file.doc
Additional Metadata

OMB Control No. 3090-0284